Fitness Exercises Used By Erstwhile Khalsa Army

[mundasingh123]

Now, here is a list of full body exercises everyone should be doing to build real strength

- Squats

- DeadLifts

- Pull ups/chin ups

- pushups

- standing shoulder presses

- balance work

- stretching

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What are standing shoulder presses ?

[Harjeet]

What are standing shoulder presses ?

Its where you stand on someones shoulders, and do the ironing with the press at the same time. Oh its a good workout :D

lol just kidding, its just a normal shoulder press just while standing up not sitting.

[mundasingh123]

Its where you stand on someones shoulders, and do the ironing with the press at the same time. Oh its a good workout :D

lol just kidding, its just a normal shoulder press just while standing up not sitting.

Yea that wasnt a very good PJ, Whats a normal shoulder press

[Harjeet]

Yea that wasnt a very good PJ, Whats a normal shoulder press

Thats where you do the press, with your clothes on your shoulders :D

These jokes are so bad, they probably actually made you laugh

No but seriously couldn't you have just typed shoulder press into your search engine or something? lol its just when press press a weight above your shoulders.

[OhTwadi]

What are standing shoulder presses ?

[mundasingh123]

Thats where you do the press, with your clothes on your shoulders :D

These jokes are so bad, they probably actually made you laugh

No but seriously couldn't you have just typed shoulder press into your search engine or something? lol its just when press press a weight above your shoulders.

I guess sikh sangats the place for you to come and crack your jokes and take out your stress on guys who are looking around for some genuine tips . You are the sort of people who discourage others from coming out with their questions , however stupid the quests might be and learn from others .i guess i need to soften my stand a bit but i am just being Frank regarding what i feel about someone spamming on a thread that i started with a serious intent . . I guess i am mature enough to take your jokes with a Pinch of Salt

Thanks for being so Kind and Helpful

[Harjeet]

I guess sikh sangats the place for you to come and crack your jokes and take out your stress on guys who are looking around for some genuine tips . You are the sort of people who discourage others from coming out with their questions , however stupid the quests might be and learn from others .

Thanks for being so Kind and Helpful

aaw sorry, I didn't mean to insult you. Otherwise i would have just said the joke and nothing else. I did try to explain what the shoulder press was. I was just trying to be funny, sorry didn't mean to offend you. Sometimes jokes don't work on the internet, because you can't use any expressions. Plain old text just makes things ambigious sometimes, It was just a lighhearted joke, don't take too much into it. The absurdity of it, was what was supposed to be funny. Sorry, i am an <banned word filter activated>.

[Gurbar Akaal]

Traditionally the Singhs would do daily dynamic body excercises, with main emphasis on Dand Behtaks (Squatting and Dive Bomb Pressups) which adds natural weight and strength to a person. The more the better, but the aim is to do at least 3000 squats a day and 1000 dive bomb pressups, combined with a regime of stretching to build up the tendons in the body rather then muscle, improving flexibility and agility. Core muscle groups like the back, stomach and legs were built up so that horse riding and marching could be withstood, combined with a good diet.

Weights were used but not as much as the wrestlers as the Singhs would ride horses so they cudnt afford to keep too much mass on them. All this was combined with hours of swordsmanship practise, sparing, and meditation to focus the mind.

[mundasingh123]

Traditionally the Singhs would do daily dynamic body excercises, with main emphasis on Dand Behtaks (Squatting and Dive Bomb Pressups) which adds natural weight and strength to a person. The more the better, but the aim is to do at least 3000 squats a day and 1000 dive bomb pressups, combined with a regime of stretching to build up the tendons in the body rather then muscle, improving flexibility and agility. Core muscle groups like the back, stomach and legs were built up so that horse riding and marching could be withstood, combined with a good diet.

Weights were used but not as much as the wrestlers as the Singhs would ride horses so they cudnt afford to keep too much mass on them. All this was combined with hours of swordsmanship practise, sparing, and meditation to focus the mind.

3000 squats a day and 1000 dive bomber pushups . Yo .I guess this should be all they managed to take time out for in a day . I manage 500 squats in 15 minutes . 3000 should take at least 2 hours . and 1000 pushups should take an hour too. I know Frank Ross manages to do this much .

[zoltansingh]

Guru Hargobind Ji was known for his great wrestling ability. So more than likely wrestling related exercises (e.g. Dand Behtaks) would have formed a mainstay of the Khalsa fauj.